Through this guide our mobile phone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life quite simply and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how most modern cell phones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful image. This is the reason why we will find out in this article how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A20s . First we will see how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Samsung Galaxy A20s. Then, we will find out how to use bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy A20s using a third party application.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy A20s
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our mobile phones, they are now able to compete with them. However, what exactly is the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the photo to contrast with the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A20s thanks to two ways: during taking the photo and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A20s quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available on your mobile phone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy A20s:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the configurations displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. On some Android versions you will have to press the effects icon on the right side of your screen.
- Choose the effect " Flou ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once configured, you just have to capture the photo.
To have a nice bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A20s, the procedure may be different, depending on your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Choose the option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the power of the blur you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
- Take the photograph when the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to put a bokeh effect in post production
From time to time, you may want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. To do this, you will have to use certain functions of your Samsung Galaxy A20s by post production . Two alternatives will be available to you:
The first of the alternatives only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just seen. So, if you took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Samsung Galaxy A20s:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- Go to the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Press the option " Change background effect ».
- Choose the type of effect vague.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the image by pressing » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Samsung Galaxy A20s that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, another procedure exists:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Press on " Edit »Then on the function» Mosaic "
- Choose the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
- Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
- Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A20s using an app
It sometimes happens that you do not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your case, in this specific case you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A20s. A very large number of applications are available to you, and among them, we recommend the app " DSLR Camera Blur Effects ". The latter is very quick and easy to use. It has a lot of features to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find for example:
- The option of select focus area (circular blur, linear blur, blur on a personalized area, or on an area in contact with the finger). The brush size is adjustable.
- The provision of several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A20s. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy A20s, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A20s.
